On 06/02/2010 06:36 PM, Ian W. Wright wrote: > Dave, > > One thing you should know - which any good maker of violin bows will > tell you - is that you should only use the hair from the tails of male > horses. The female horses pee on theirs and that makes the hair > brittle!!! The hair also has a 'right' and a 'wrong' direction. The > scales of the hair grow so that they overlap in one direction so that, > when the hair is pulled through the hand in one direction, it feels > rough and in the other direction, smooth. This is important for violin > bows and also for when I use horsehair as a polishing thread in > jewellery making. > > Ian
There's a story about an old fly tyer who would only use the scrotum hair from a (obviously male) goat. Said the "pink" coloration due to the urine staining was the closes approximation to the insect color he was trying to imitate. I'd hate to be the goat, and I'd hate to be the one that tries to trim the scrotum hair on said goat... ;-) Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
